Friday, April 13, 2012
Could Wisconsin politics get any weirder? Wait, don't answer that question. Now, we've got a Republican primary because Arthur Kohl-Riggs, a guy running as a "progressive Republican" has thrown his hat into the ring.
Arthur Kohl-Riggs, a scruffy-haired 23-year-old political activist who used to serve pizza at the Children’s Museum in Madison until a few weeks ago, says he is not a "fake Republican." But he’s not a traditional Republican, either. Kohl-Riggs is running against Gov. Scott Walker in the Republican primary after he collected and turned in more than 2,200 signatures to the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board this week. If the GAB, which oversees elections in Wisconsin, votes to allow him on the ballot, Kohl-Riggs will be Walker's sole opponent in the May 8 primary. So, if he’s not a Democrat or traditional Republican, what political flag does Kohl-Riggs fly? He describes himself as a “progressive Republican,” following the political …
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Gov. Scott Walker said, among other things, that he supported extending unemployment benefits through a worker's unpaid training period.
Gov. Scott Walker addressed job growth, responsible mining and the pressing need for skilled labor on Tuesday while speaking to a full house of almost 300 people at the Milwaukee War Memorial Center. The Milwaukee Rotary Club sponsored the appearance, during which Walker fielded questions from an audience without a protestor in sight. The governor thinks so. Walker said he's noticed a trend among small manufacturers — while there are jobs galore available and employers are desperately in search of employees, there are just not enough people to fill these jobs with the right credentials. "One of the most frustrating things for me, is employers telling me that they have jobs, but they don't have enough skilled workers to fill those jobs, …
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Local Republicans report finding some suspicious signatures on the petitions they are reviewing.
Local volunteers who are verifying signatures on the petitions to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker received a surprise this weekend when the governor himself visited the Republican County of Waukesha County offices where the work is being done. From Keith Best, who is the media spokesman for the local GOP party: "Many of these volunteers have told us they have never been involved politically before. They vote Republican but have never been to an event or volunteered, but feel compelled to do this. They believe their vote from November 2010 is being discounted and they disagree with this recall, based on the fact Gov. Walker did what he said he was going to do, and what they voted for him to do. And now they see his reforms are working…
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Dispute is part of ongoing feud between party spokesman and online news organization.
The battle between the spokesman for the state Democratic Party and an online news organization escalated this week when one of its reporters was booted out of a party meeting in Madison. Kirsten Adshead, a writer for the Wisconsin Reporter, said she attended a Democratic-sponsored training meeting on Tuesday night regarding the attempt to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker. The state Democratic party is holding meetings across the state to prepare for the circulation of recall petitions on Nov. 15. Adshead told Patch that she signed up for the leadership training session online, gave her name and used her wisconsinreporter.com e-mail address. When she arrived at the meeting, she told volunteers that she was a reporter. After signing in, …
Eric S.
1:20 pm on Thursday, April 26, 2012
He seems pretty genuine to me. He is certainly more informed then the other candidates. Give the guy a shot. I suspect he would be popular among students at the very least. The republicans opened themselves up to allowing an underdog to actually have a chance in the primary. I doubt there will be many crossover votes. If people vote for him, then they agree with him. more ›